Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 570 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Haystack Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bennington County, Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 570 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.2 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Point · 22 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 23 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 29 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Haystack Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Shatterack Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Masters Mountain: 1.2 mi
- The Ox Bow: 1.2 mi
- Antone Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rupert Town Green: 2.5 mi
- Factory Point Town Green: 7.7 mi
- Adams Park: 7.8 mi
- Salem Historic District: 8.5 mi
- Cary Hill Sculpture Park: 8.9 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 6.0 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 7.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Hildene Main House: 8.5 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 3.7 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 7.6 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 8.4 mi
- Slate Valley Museum: 12.3 mi
- Pember Library and Museum: 12.3 mi
- Merck Forest: 1.5 mi
- Washington Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.2 mi
- TNC (Future): 9.9 mi
- Friends of Haystack: 10.3 mi
- Goose Egg State Forest: 12.7 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 9.5 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 10.3 mi
- McGinn Falls: 11.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 19.6 mi
- Dionondahowa Falls: 20.1 mi
- For Euler: 9.0 mi
- Bear: 16.5 mi
- Stratton Bear: 16.5 mi
- Art Gallery: 18.6 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 19.5 mi
- Ballard Farm: 14.4 mi
- Taylor Farm: 17.6 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 18.8 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 20.9 mi
- TimberQuest: 21.0 mi
- Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 17.8 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 23.3 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 23.4 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 23.6 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 23.8 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 11.1 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 15.2 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 23.3 mi
- The Ox Bow: 8.3 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 13.9 mi
- James Jeffords Welcome Center Bennington: 23.0 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 10.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Mountain | SE 146° | 1,169 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dorset Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,149 m | 9.3 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | ENE 57° | 1,134 m | 8.8 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SE 141° | 1,116 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,022 m | 3.8 mi |
| Little Equinox | SSE 155° | 1,009 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,006 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Aeolus | E 88° | 978 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:53 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunderland 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1457776 — Haystack Mountain, Bennington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356553513
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 21 mi
- Bennington · 24 mi
- Wilmington · 30 mi
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